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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. PATRIO, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CATTLE-PUMP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 55,356, dated June 5,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. PA'rRrc, ot Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Stock orCattle Water-Pumping Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', referencebein g had to the accompan yin gdrawings, making part of thisspecification, in which the figure is a side elevation of my invention,a section of the front side rail, B, ofthe tilting frame or platformbeing broken away to show the pivoting-yoke y, which connects the siderails of the platform t'o the pump-pipe p.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby cattle, horses,Snc., may themselves, and at any time, elevate water to quench theirthirst from a well sunk in the field or in the barn-yard.

The invention consists inthe employment of a tilting' platform ,pivotedto a hollow piston or pipe, which is so connected to the pump barrel orcylinder rigidly fixed in the well that the tilting of the platformelevates the water.

`The main frame or base A, which is rectangular, may be placed a littlebelow thc general surface of the ground. The studs E, there being one oneach side of' the f'rame, are framed into and supported by thebase-frame A. The rails B and B ofthe tilting frame are pivoted to thestuds and also to the yoke y of the hollow piston or pipe p. Theplatform D is suitably hinged to the pivoted section. There is a troughor cistern (indicated by the dotted lines F) fixed to the plank G. Allthis portion of the tilting platform and the pump piston and plunger iscounterbalanced by weights placed upon the plank H.

I prefer the pump here represented, which is that set forth in myapplication granted November 1, 1865. It consists of a hollow piston, p,with an enlarged plunger, P, and barrel or cylinder O.

J is a sort of pedestal to raise the pump a little from the bottom ofthe Well. There may be This base J is made small at the bottom, and maybe so pivoted to the base-plank I that the latter may adjust itself tothe position of the surface of' the bottom of the well, where it isanchored to the wall, and at the same time allow the pump to retain itsvertical position. If desired, there may be a brace on one or both sidesof the pump, connected to the frame A and to the plank I, or to thesides of section J.

There should be a guard-rail at each side of the tilting platformopposite the end of the trough, so as to guide the animal in approachingthe trough to drink to step upon section D, which causes it to settle tothe position of the dotted lines D and G. This sinks the plunger P intothe trunk or cylinder of the pump and brings up a supply of water inproportion to the capacity of the pump, which, of course, may be variedto suit circumstances.

The pump may be operated from au adjoining field or yard by placing astud at one side of the tilting frame and hinging a bent lever to it insuch a manner that the short arm may be pivoted to the trunnions c ofthe yoke d, which slides loosely upon the pipe or piston p. The lowerend of' the spiral sprin g s rests upon the yoke y, and the upper end isconnected to the light end of' the spoutt, the latter being pivotedeccentricall y to the end of the piston p, as shown, so as always todischarge into the trough F, except when temporarily held in the otherposition by the action of the platform of the other iield or yard. Thevertical arm of the bent lever spoken of would be connected, by a rod orotherwise, to atilting platform supporting a trough located in anotherfield. When that platform is tilted by the weight ofthe animal the yoked is forced down to the tight yoke y, compressing the spring' s, whichcauses the light end of the spout t to tilt down, and then the platformD is carried down, but the supply of water is discharged into a pipeleading to the trough on the other platform. The troughs should befilled in the first instance by an attendant. By having a jointedtilting frame it is rendered very sensitive to the weight of the animalstepping upon it, and at the same time the ascent to the trough is veryslight. The foreign platform would be counterbalauced by weights uponthe back side of the vertical arm of the bent lever placed at the well.The foreign platform is not disturbed bythe action of the local one.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination and relative arrangement of the base A, or itsequivalent, and the jointed tilting frame B D, its fulcrum E, andcounterbalancing-weight H with the hollow piston or pipe p of the pump,as and for the purposes set forth.

J. S. PATRIO.

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